Under, Europe's first underwater restaurant offers a truly immersive dining experience. Click through the gallery above to see all aspects of the venue.
The semi-submerged restaurant in Norway and the first restaurant of its kind in Europe, opened its doors (the ones on land, anyway) this week. So far, it seems to be going down well with diners.
More than 7,000 visitors have booked to dine among the depths of the North Sea, though we're not sure how we'd feel tucking into a flounder as its friends swim past.
Located in Lindesnes on the tip of the Scandinavian country, the restaurant is a stunning architectural marvel, resembling a wood-and-concrete bunker that has tipped into the serene blue waters.
It was designed by Norwegian architecture firm Snoehetta, a firm with a rich history as the minds behind the Opera house in Oslo and the National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York.
The exterior - which from different angles looks like a whale cresting the surface of the water - is also designed to integrate into the natural landscape, as the concrete will function as an artificial reef, welcoming limpets and kelp to inhabit it.
The rugged design is functional, too, as the sturdy build will withstand what Snoehetta's founder Kjetil Traedal Thorsen calls "the wave of the century".
Captivating as the outside is, it is the interior that will leave you breathless.
Paneled in the smooth, polished wood we would expect of sophisticated Scandi design, visitors descend an eight-metre flight of stairs leads down to a large dining area that sits about 40 guests. Here, an enormous glass wall looks out into the depths of the North Sea, offering unparalleled glimpses into an otherwise hidden world.
As the focus of the decor, the dining room is laid out so as to minimise reflections in the glass wall, which also provides the room with an ever-changing colour palette of green and blue, depending on the light reflecting through the water.
Speaking Reuters, Thorsen said that "The fascination is just this movement from above water to underwater through the building ... The big window exposes the underwater not like an aquarium, it's the real thing".
Far from a minimalist moniker, the restaurant's name also translates as "wonder" in Norwegian, adding a dose of fairy tale spectacle to an already unique location.
If the food still interests you at this point, a full 18-course meal, based on local ingredients and seafood, can cost up to 3,700 crowns ($430) per person including drinks. However, the first guests won't get to sample the menu until April.
The menu has been crafted around sustainably caught wildlife and locally sourced ingredients, with Nicolai Ellitsgaard from the acclaimed restaurant Måltid in Kristiansand working as Head Chef.
